For cell-cycle analysis, cells were trypsinized and fixed with 70% ice-cold ethanol for 30 min at 4 °C. After washing twice with PBS (Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, MA, USA), 5 µL RNAse A (20–40 mg/mL) (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was added and incubated for 30 min at 37 °C. After the addition of 200 µL PI (from 50 µg/mL stock solution) (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), the stained cells were analyzed on a BD Accuri C6 Plus Flow Cytometer (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) using FlowJo software.
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